Green Party of Taos County
Join some amazing speakers (Jill Stein, Briahna Joy Gray, Butch Ware, and Medea Benjamin) on Thursday, July 10, 6pm MDT and the discussion to create a people-powered world.
RSVP at https://www.gp.org/july10
Our own Elizabeth Beecher is a featured speaker. Monday, July 14, 6pm MDT on Zoom. Register in advance: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/pUIrd74MSYaTbTL8puc7Yg#/registration.
Contact info@greenpartyofnm.org for more information. The Green Council is a governing body of the Green Party of New Mexico.
Events are scheduled for Taos, Santa Fe, and Las Vegas in Northern New Mexico. Show up in Green Party Gear and proclaim, “People, Planet, and Peace Over Profits!” Get more information at https://goodtroubleliveson.org/.
Taos: noon to one o’clock at Civic Plaza Drive & Paseo del Pueblo Norte
Santa Fe: 5:00 p. m. to 7:00 p. m. at the State Capitol
Las Vegas: 5:00 p. m. to 6:30 p. m. at Veterans’ Park
Join Bob Suberi and others to discuss his most recent trip to the West Bank on Wednesday, June 4, 5:30 pm MDT on Zoom. https://bit.ly/WBankPales
Saturday, April 26, 2:00 p. m., Community Room, La Farge Library, 1730 Llano St., Santa Fe. A virtual option will be available. Please contact us if you want to be an At-Large Delegate or plan to run for office.
Early registration ($80) ends on March 31. After that, the registration fee goes to $100. Registration fee now at $150. Discounts may no longer apply. Check it out: https://www.gp.org/anm.
Please join the national GPUS webinar for a discussion of a proportional representation electoral system in Wednesday, April 2, 6:30 p. m. MDT on Zoom. Register at https://bit.ly/ProRepr or https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/9SHnwNuKQm6FkQXIkelGyA#/registration.
This memorial sailed through committee with positive public comment and positive reception from committee members. Unfortunately, it sat on the House Calendar for the remainder of the session and did not get a vote. With Governor Luján Grisham promising a special session to address violence, we hope to get another shot at getting a feasibility study on creating a state-wide office devoted to distributing curricula and training in non-violent conflict resolution, restorative justice, and peer counselling. We will also work in the interim to get the feasibility study done without passage of the memorial. Note the previous efforts were toward creating an office directly. The name of the office in future efforts could change again (has also been Peacebuilding) to emphasise non-violence and violence reduction as well as peacebuilding.
HM 40 Study Office of Peace Please contact members of the House Government, Elections, and Indian Affairs Committee (HGEIAC) and ask the HM 40 be placed on the calendar. This memorial would authorize a study of the feasibility of creating an Office of Peace. Providing youth and adults with resources to resolve conflicts non-violently likely would benefit society as a whole. As a simple memorial, it only needs to be passed by one chamber to get to staff for action.
HB 9 Immigrant Safety Act This legislation is on the list for a floor vote. Please contact your representative and ask her or him to support HB 9. It prohibits public bodies in New Mexico from using public facilities to detain individuals with alleged federal civil immigration violations.
HB 130 Public Banking This bill would create the Public Bank of New Mexico and is sitting in its first committee, the House Commerce and Economic Development Committee (HCEDC). Please contact members of this committee and ask them to put it on the calendar and give it a chance to advance.